Construction of copy-books and method



UNITED STA TES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DAVISON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CONSTRUCTION 0F COPY-BOOKS AND METHOD 0F BINDING SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,286, dated October 9, 1841.

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DAvIscN, of the city of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented a new and useful Support for Copy-Books to beUsed in Teaching the Art of Vriting, which is described as follows,reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same, making part ofthis specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the copy holder, closed. Fig. 2 is aview of the holder opened and supported at right angles to the line ofvision. Fig. 8 is a view of an articial or stone hand to be used as amodel for showing the position in which the pen should be held. Fig. 4is a perspective view of the parts detached.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts.

This copy support is a plain rectangular piece of tin wired around theedges to which is attached the copy hook wings and clasps by hinges. Thebook A Figs. l and 2 is riveted to a piece of tin B hinged to the beforedescribed wire at one end of said support or back c the corner of saidpiece of tin being cut off to permit the book to open freely when itstands supported at the angle required. Before riveting the copy book tothe hinged piece of tin B the leaves forming the copy books are gatheredtogether at'the back and cut off at the corners to correspond with theoblique corners of the piece of tin to which they are to be riveted; apiece of canvas E the width of the boo-k and of suitable length is thenlapped over the end of the book-holes for the rivets Gr are then punchedthrough the canvas and back of the bock or leaves corresponding with theholes in the hinged tin B through which the rivets are passed extendingthrough the leather covering of the trent of the book and the hingedpiece of tin and riveted, the heads ot' the rivets being between thecanvas and outside leather. The out-side of the front is bound in theusual manner. Upon the back C are two wings D D hinged to the side wiresof the back C so as to open at right angles with said back, said wingsare the same length as the back but only half its width and used tosupport one edge of the back, while the other edge rests upon the table,so as tobring the plane of the copy secured upon said back, at rightangles to the direct line of vision. By opening them as represented bythe dotted lines in Fig. 1alternately upon either side, the position ofthe book is inverted so as to bring the copy line close to the writerand in any position required. Three clasps E are hinged to the sidewires of the back C, to be brought over the leaves of the copy book, tokeep them straight while being written from.

I make use of an articial hand castor made of any suitable material, inthe posi- 'cast or model upon the paper, in front of the learner, and heat once sees the best position of the pen, which he can follow withoutfurther instruction.

lVhat I claim as my invention and which I desire to secure by LettersPatent isl. Constructing the copy book with hinges or wings to supportit when opened as described and in combination with said wings theclasps for retaining the leaves in place when the book is opened andsupported as aforesaid.

2. I also claim the method of binding the leaves by means of rivets(having broad heads) passed through the leaves and riveted on the backto a metal plate hinged to the back as described.

VILLIAM DAVISCN, lllitnesses WM. P. ELLIOT, C'Lrvnn Davison,

